Grave-marker.



Patented may 27', |902.V A. DELANEY.

GRAVE MARKER.

"Application led Aug. 19, 19011) (No Model.)

UNTTnn STATES FATENTy OFFICE.

JAMES A. DELANEY, or ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GRAVE-MARKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,904, dated May 2'?, 1902.

Application filed August 19,1901. Serial No. 72,574. (Nohiodel.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES A. DELANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Grave-Marker, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a grave-marker.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive device adapted to be readily mounted in position at a grave and capable of holdinga card for indicating the name and other matter descriptive of a deceased person.

A further obj ect of the inventionis to provide a grave-marker of this character which will protect the card and enable the same to be readily placed in it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a grave-marker constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view.V Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the glass and card-holder. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the Vback plate.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the iigures of the drawings.

l designates a front plate provided with an aperture 2 and having a recess at its inner face surrounding the aperture and provided with an inner angular portion 3 and having an outer beveled portion 4, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings. The outer beveled portion of the recess receives a beveled back plate 5, having beveled edges to conform to the conliguration of the beveled faces of the front plate and provided with tapering end extensions 6, which project beyond the recess of the front plate and which are provided with threaded perforations 7 for the reception of threaded ends S of screws 9. The screws 9 extend through perforations of the front plate and have heads at their outer ends which are countersunk in the said front plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The front and back plates are preferably constructed of metal; but they may be made of any other suitable material which will adapt the device for f a gravemarker or for a sign or thelike. The inner angular portion of the recess forms a seat for a removable holder 10, preferably constructed of metal and provided at its longitudinal edges with L-shaped flanges 11, forming Ways adapted to receive al card 12 and a plate 13, of glass or, other 4transparent material, arranged in front of the card and adapted to protect the same'from the weather. The card is designed to bear the name and other matter descriptive of a deceased person, and it may be readily placed in the holder be-` tween the back of the same and the transparent plate. The front plate may be ornamented in any suitable manner and may be provided 'with society emblems, as will be readily understood. The back plate is provided With a rearwardly-extending lug or ear 14, having a threaded perforation 15, adapted to receive the upper end of a post or support, which is threaded to engage the opening; but the post'for support, which is preferably constructed 4of metal, may be secured to the rearwardly-extending lug or ear of theback plate in any other suitable manner.

It willwbe seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensivein construction, that it is especially adapted for use as a grave-marker, and that it is capable of being advantageously employed as a sign or the like. The parts may be readily separated or assembled, and the card can be easily placed in the holderin rear of the transparent plate, and the lower end of the post or support is pointed to enable it to be readily inserted in the ground.

What I claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a front plate having an aperture extending entirely through it, a transparent pane covering the aperture, and a back plate tting Within the aperture and 'adapted to secure a card in the Same,and provided with arms extending beyond the aperture and detachably fastened to the front plate, said back plate being provided with a rearwardlyextending lug adapted to receive a post or support, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described compris- IOO ing a front plate having an aperture and provided at its back with a recess surrounding the aperture and having an angular inner portion and a beveled outer portion, a holder adapted to receive a card and arranged in the angular inner portion of the recess, a beveled back plate fitting Within the beveled por tion of the recess and provided with extenslons, fastening devices detachably securing lo the extensions of the back plate to the front plate, and a post orsupport, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES A. DELANEY.

Witnesses:

EDWIN A. WILLARD, CHARLES J. MUHAN. 

